Fludeoxyglucose F18 Positron Emission Tomography Imaging In Assessing Patients Before and After Treatment for Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer
About this trial
This is an interventional diagnostic trial for Lung Cancer focused on measuring stage II non-small cell lung cancer, stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer, stage IIIB non-small cell lung cancer
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) Clinical stage IIB or III disease No small cell carcinoma No stage IV disease* No diffuse bronchoalveolar subtype No planned definitive surgical resection NOTE: *Patients with evidence of stage IV disease by positron emission tomography are eligible if the evidence cannot be confirmed by other means AND the physician still plans to proceed with definitive chemoradiation Planning treatment with definitive chemoradiotherapy May be treated on another Radiation Therapy Oncology Group protocol (except phase I studies) OR with conventional concurrent NSCLC chemoradiotherapy Radiotherapy ≥ 60 Gy AND chemotherapy to include concurrent platinum-based therapy No brain metastases by head CT scan or MRI PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age 18 and over Performance status Zubrod 0-1 Life expectancy Not specified Hematopoietic Not specified Hepatic Not specified Renal Not specified Other Medically suitable for early concurrent chemoradiotherapy (radiotherapy dose ≥ 60 Gy) Able to tolerate positron emission tomography imaging No poorly controlled diabetes (defined as fasting glucose level > 200 mg/dL) No other malignancy within the past 3 years except basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ Not pregnant or nursing Negative pregnancy test Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 3 months after study participation PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy No anticipated use of adjuvant biologic therapy beyond 14 weeks after the completion of radiotherapy Chemotherapy See Disease Characteristics No anticipated use of adjuvant chemotherapy beyond 14 weeks after the completion of radiotherapy Endocrine therapy Not specified Radiotherapy See Disease Characteristics No prior thoracic radiotherapy No concurrent intensity-modulated radiotherapy Surgery See Disease Characteristics
Sites / Locations
- Lurleen Wallace Comprehensive Cancer at University of Alabama - Birmingham
- Scottsdale Medical Imaging, Limited
- USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital
- Radiological Associates of Sacramento Medical Group at Sutter Cancer Center
- Hospital of Saint Raphael
- Bethesda Comprehensive Cancer Care Center at Bethesda Memorial Hospital
- North Broward Medical Center
- Integrated Community Oncology Network at Baptist Cancer Institute
- Tallahassee Memorial Hospital
- Rush Cancer Institute at Rush University Medical Center
- Saint John's Cancer Center at Saint John's Medical Center
- Center for Cancer Care at Goshen General Hospital
- CCOP - Northern Indiana CR Consortium
- Greenebaum Cancer Center at University of Maryland Medical Center
- Dana-Farber Partners Cancer Care
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- South Shore Hospital
- Josephine Ford Cancer Center at Henry Ford Hospital
- West Michigan Cancer Center
- William Beaumont Hospital - Royal Oak Campus
- Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University Medical Center
- Renown Institute for Cancer at Renown Regional Medical Center
- Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
- Sister Patricia Lynch Regional Cancer Center at Holy Name Hospital
- J. Phillip Citta Regional Cancer Center at Community Medical Center
- McDowell Cancer Center at Akron General Medical Center
- Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center at Fairview Hospital
- Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center
- Oklahoma University Cancer Institute
- Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health and Science University
- Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University - Philadelphia
- Fox Chase Cancer Center - Philadelphia
- Albert Einstein Cancer Center
- UPMC Cancer Centers
- Lankenau Cancer Center at Lankenau Hospital
- Roger Williams Medical Center
- Brown University School of Medicine
- Hollings Cancer Center at Medical University of South Carolina
- Gibbs Regional Cancer Center at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
- Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Dallas
- M. D. Anderson Cancer Center at University of Texas
- Huntsman Cancer Institute at University of Utah
- Bon Secours Cancer Institute at St. Mary's Hospital
- University of Wisconsin Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Waukesha Memorial Hospital Regional Cancer Center
- Tom Baker Cancer Centre - Calgary
- Grand River Regional Cancer Centre at Grand River Hospital
- National Cancer Center - Korea